Mar. 15, 2025
Retta Cruse.Photo:Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
The statement said that Cruse was found unresponsive in her housing unit at Perryville Prison and that prison staff “conducted life-saving measures until paramedics arrived.”
However, responding paramedics, in consultation with medical staff, pronounced Cruse dead on the scene.
The release further noted that Cruse was admitted to ADCRR custody in 2022 after she was sentenced out of Maricopa County for two counts of first-degree murder.
Mar. 15, 2025
Camella La Compte with mother Juliet La Compte.Photo:Christine Doan
Christine Doan
A mother had the sweetest reaction to her daughter’s engagement.
Shortly after Brandon Wong, 26, popped the question to Camella La Compte, 25, at Montage Laguna Beach in California on Jan. 26, they were met with congratulations from their family and friends. The bride-to-be’s mother, Juliet La Compte, 54, had the most memorable reaction of all.
“My mom ran down from the terrace she was watching the proposal on.
Mar. 15, 2025
Young couple in their nursery in stock photo.Photo:Kondoros Eva Katalin/Getty
Kondoros Eva Katalin/Getty
A 29-year-old woman expecting her first child said she has turned down her mother-in-law’s offer to pay for a new nursery — because the mother-in-law wants to decorate it herself.
In a post shared toReddit, the woman writes that she and her husband are “proud” of the work they recently completed on their home nursery.
“It’s simple but feels perfect for us,” she writes.
Mar. 15, 2025
Mikkey Dee in November 2015.Photo:Getty
Getty
It was a close call for Mikkey Dee.
On Thursday, Jan. 2, the Motörhead alum, 61, opened up about his battle with sepsis, a serious condition where the body responds improperly to an infection, per theMayo Clinic.
“Just a quick statement about what has been happening to me these past three weeks: First I like to thank everyone for these heartwarming Christmas and New Years greetings, that I have not been able to respond to.
Mar. 15, 2025
The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, on Dec. 29.Photo:Megan Varner/Getty
Megan Varner/Getty
Mourners honored formerPresident Jimmy Carter’s humble roots while paying their respects afterhis death at age 100on Sunday, Dec. 29.
Photographers captured a makeshift tribute to the 39th president of the United States outside of the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia, in the hours after Carter’s death was announced.
Among the traditional flower bouquets, well wishers also placed peanut containers, peanut butter and peaches around the Carter Center sign,NPR’s Stephen Fowler reported.